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    Bridging dd wrt wifi router to pfsense

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      wheelhouse20
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      i live in a 2 story house with all ground floor walls being brick and the upstairs plasterboard walls. No PoE adapter in the 5 pack what a con. i use an Arbor FPC-7502 for the pfsense box.

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @wheelhouse20
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        @wheelhouse20

        No it's not a con. The price per AP is significantly less. The assumption is if you're buying that many, you'll be using a PoE switch. As for the loft, that will mean the AP is significantly above much of the house and may have poorer signal at lower levels. One thing you can do is use your cell phone as an AP and place it at various locations, so see how the signal is around the house.

        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
        UniFi AC-Lite access point

        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          I have a single UAP-AC-LR that I have on the ceiling of a ground floor room. I can connect to that from anywhere across 3 floors in a brick building with good signal levels.
          Generally speaking higher is better for APs but not through floors!

          Steve

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